August 3, 2013 Geoff Kitney The Australian Financial Review Dreams of an export food bowl in the north depend on foreign investment. But many in the Coalition can’t stomach the idea of […]
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Article – Liberal’s plan for future of the north
Rourke Walsh, Broome Advertiser Updated July 28, 2013, 8:00 am Rourke Walsh © Senator Alan Eggleston has been explaining the Coalition’s plan for northern Australia in Kununurra this week. Kununurra’s irrigated agriculture […]
Read moreArticle – Developing Australia's north may be political pipedream
China Daily USA http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2013-07/29/content_16844975.htm SYDNEY – The frontrunner to become Australia’s next prime minister, Tony Abbott, holds ambitious plans to develop the country’s sparse and inhospitable north by 2030 to attract a […]
Read moreSenator Ian Macdonald – The Future of Northern Australia
Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern & Remote Australia Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Defence Force and Defence Support Liberal – Queensland – LNP media release July 23, […]
Read moreThe Future of Northern Australia
Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Defence Force and Defence Support Liberal – Queensland – LNP July 23, 2013 The […]
Read moreArticle – $7b pledged for Bruce Highway
July 17, 2013 Kim Stephens The Brisbane Times An almost $7 billion federal Coalition election pledge to upgrade sections of the Bruce Highway recognises its “critical importance” to Queensland, transport spokesman Warren […]
Read moreArticle – Highway of hell becomes the road of riches
Jason Tin 17 July 2013 The Courier-Mail ALMOST 70 blackspots on the Bruce Highway would be fixed in the next decade under a multi-billiondollar plan to be announced by Opposition Leader Tony […]
Read moreArticle – A dream worth billions
13 July 2013 Andrea Davy [email protected] The Daily Mercury MACKAY is tipped to become a development hot spot if the Liberal National Coalition wins the upcoming election, according to Senator Ian Macdonald […]
Read moreArticle – Road to the Top
Richard Guilliatt 13 July 2013 The Australian Magazine Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles is a man in a hurry – but is he going too fast? Even before he became chief […]
Read moreArticle – Northern exposure is long overdue
Tony Walker 13 July 2013 The Australian Financial Review The Coalition’s Andrew Robb has a plan for Australia’s under-developed north. If Rudd wants to push his own message of making Australia more […]
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